Card-cutting attachment for printing-presses.



No; 688,556. Patented Dec. l0, 190i.

w. F. SPEIGHT.

GABD- CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

(Application filed June 10, 1901.)

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Patented Dec. I0,:l90l. W. F. SPEIGHT.

CARD CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

(Application filed June 10, 1903.)

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(No Model.)

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CARD CUTTING ATTACHMENT FUR PRINTING PRESSES.

nmion filed June 10, 1901. (NoIodeL) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

WINCHESTER FRANKLIN SFEIGHT, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

,CARD-CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING-PRESSES.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 688,556, datedDecember 10, 1901.

Application filed June 10,1901. Serial No. 63,976. No model.)

its object to provide for cutting a plurality of cards from a singlesheet at each opera-.

tion of the press. 7 It is furthermore designed to provide fordetachably connecting a plurality of dies to a single base, which inturn is arranged to be locked up in an ordinary chase for application toany ordinary printing-press, and a final object resides in prothecard-ejector sockets.

viding for the convenient interchange of card-cutting dies of differentshapes and sizes and to firmly lock the dies upon the base, so as toobviate loosenessthereof.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without de parting from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.-

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present attachment,parts being broken away to show the die-clamping means. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asimilar sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. ,4 is a detailperspective View of one of the dies. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective viewof one of the spacing-blocks for the sections of the base. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective view of one of Fig. 7 is adetail plan View of one endof a modified form of the device. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional viewon the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 isadetail perspective view of the dieemployed with this form of the device. Fig. 10 is'a detail invertedperspective view of one end of one of the base members. Fig. 11 is aplan View of another modified form of the device.

Fig. 12 is a transverse sectional View on the line 12 12 of Fig. 11.Fig. 13 is a detail longitudinal sectional view on the line 13 13 ofFig. 11. Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view of the die. Fig. 15 is adetail perspective View of one end of one of the base members.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a base formed inopposite longitudinal half-sections 1 and 2, which are provided upontheir inner faces with corresponding longitudinal ribs or tongues 3 and4, respectively, which extend for the entire lengths of the sections ormembers. vEach member is formed of wood or metal and is in the shape ofan oblong block of any suitable length to accommodate any number of diesand to fit the press to which the attachment is to be applied. Thesemembers are clamped together by means of opposite terminalclamping-bolts 5, which pierce the tongue portions of the members andare provided at corresponding ends with nuts 6,whereby the members aredetachably connected. To maintain a longitudinal space or slot betweenthe members, there are provided the opposite terminal spacing-blocks 7,interposed between the members and against which the latter are held bymeans of the clamping-bolts. In order that each block may snugly fit theopposite inner sides of the base members, its opposite sides areprovided with corresponding transverse grooves 8 for the reception ofthe respective tongues or ribs, this grooving of the blocks giving thelatter a substantially I shape.

The dies will of course be of difierent shapes and sizes, a star-shapeddie 9 being shown in Fig. l and provided with opposite substantiallyI-shaped stems 10, pendent from the bottom of the die, which is in theform of a marginal flange without a bottom. To fit the die to thebase,one of the clampingbolts and the adjacent spacing-block areremoved, so that the stems of the die may be slid through the open endof the slot to the desired position upon the base, after which thespacing block and bolt are replaced and both bolts are then tightened toclamp the die stems snugly between the base-sections. It will beunderstood that it is designed to apply a plurality of such dies to thebase, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. As indicated in Fig. 2, thetongues of the base members fit snugly into the grooves in the stems,thereby preventing vertical looseness of the dies as well as laterallooseness thereof. Moreover, the stems form braces to support the diesacross the slot or opening between the base members.

To provide for ejecting the card from each die, there is provided anejector-plate 11, (best shown in Fig. 3,) corresponding to the shape ofthe die, but lying loosely within the same. From the center of thebottom of the plate there depends an ejector-stem 12, which is slidablyprojected through a substantially I-shaped socket 13, which is fittedbetween the base members in the same manner as described for thedie-stems. The upper end of the socket is provided with a depression 14for the reception of a helical spring 15, that encircles theejector-stem and bears in opposite directions against the bottom of thedepression and the ejector-plate, thereby holding the latter in anelastically-yieldable elevated position slightly above the cutting edgeof the die. The bottom of the socket is terminated short of the bottomof the base, so as to permit of the downward endwise movement of theejector-stem, and the lower end of the latter is provided with aremovable head 16 to prevent upward displacement of the ejector.

To support that point of the star-die which lies across the slot betweenthe base members, it is designed to use a plurality of supporting-blocks7, which are duplicates of the blocks 7, so as to fill up the slot fromend to end, thereby to prevent looseness of the (lies in a directionendwise of the base.

In the preferred form of the device just described it is necessary toapply the dies from the ends of the base, and to avoid this I employ theform of device illustrated in Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, in which eachbase member is provided with a longitudinal slot 17, which extendsthrough from the top to the bottom thereof and terminates short of theopposite ends of the member, there being a laterally-enlarged groove 18formed at the bottom edge of the slot. The dies are provided with theusual stems 10, with the exception that the lower and greater portion ofthe stem has no lateral projections, whereby the die may be inserteddownwardly. There are also provided the opposite screw-threaded pendentpins or fastenings 19, secured to the under edge of the die and passeddownwardly through the slots of the respective base members, nuts 20being applied to the outer ends of the pins and lying within therespective grooves, so as to obviate projections at the under side ofthe base; otherwise the device is the same as the first form.

The remaining figures of the drawings illustrate a further modificationin the manner of securing the dies to the base, the dies shown beingdiamond-shaped. Each base member is providedupon its upper face with alongitudinal rib 21, which is flush with the inner edge thereof and hasits outer longitudinal edge undercut, as at 22, whereby the oppositeribs combine to form an upstanding dovetailed rib. The opposite underedges of the die are provided with corresponding dovetailed grooves 23for the reception of the combined dovetailed ribs, the die being slidthereon from one end of the base.

To obviate lateral movement of the dies in the last-described form ofthe device, there is provided a plurality of blocks 24, which areslightly longer than the other blocks and are designed to project abovethe upper surface of the base or ribs, so as to bear against theadjacent edges of the dies and form stops therefor.

In all forms of the device the ejector is the same and varies onlyaccording to the shape of the die. Also the supporting-blocks 7 areemployed in each form to support the intermediate portions of the dieswhich span the opening between the base members.

What is claimed is- 1. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses,comprising a sectional base, means located below the upper plane of thebase for clamping together the base-sections, and a die bearing upon thebase and having a stem constructed to be clamped between the sectionsthereof.

2. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses, comprising a sectionalbase, opposite terminal means for clamping together the base sections,opposite terminal spacingblocks interposed between the base-sections,and a die, having a stem constructed to be clamped between thebase-sections.

3. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses, comprising a sectionalbase, opposite terminal means for clamping together the base sections,opposite terminal spacingblocks interposed between the base-sections,and a die, having a stem constructed to be clamped between thebase-sections, one of the clamping means and the adjacent spacingblockbeing removable to permit of the diestem being slid inwardly between thebasesections.

et. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses, comprising asectional base, opposite terminal means for clamping together thebase-sections, and a die, having a stem constructed to be clampedbetween the base-sections, the stem and the inner faces of thebasesections having a tongue-and-groove connection, and one of theclamping means being detachable to permit of the stem being slidinwardly between the base-sections.

5. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses, consisting of asectional base, the innerfaces of the sections having correspondinglongitudinal ribs or tongues, means for clamping together the sections,and a die having a stem to be clamped between the base- ICC sections,and also provided in opposite sides with transverse grooves for thereception of the respective tongues or ribs.

6. A card-cutting attachment for printinginner faces of which havecorresponding longitudinal ribs or tongues extending for the entirelengths of the sections, opposite terminal spacing-blocks interposedbetween the X sections and having opposite transverse grooves for thereception of the tongues or ribs, opposite'terminal clamping-boltspiercing the sections, one of the bolts and the adjacent block beingremovable, and a die, having a stem to' be clamped between thebasesections, and provided with opposite transverse grooves for thereception of the tongues and ribs.

7. A card-cutting attachment for printingzo presses, comprising asectional base, means for clamping together the sections, a die, havinga stem constructed to be clamped-between the sections, a card-ejectorworking loosely within the die, and provided with a springactuated stemprojected between the base=sections, and a socket detachably clampedbetween the sections and slidably receiving the ejector-stem.

8. In a card-cutting attachment for printpresses,comprising a pair ofbase-sections, the

ing-presses, the combination of a sectional base, means for clampingtogether the basesections, and a plurality of ejector-sockets detachablyclamped between the sections, and having longitudinal perforations.

9. A card-cutting attachment for printingpresses, comprising a sectionalbase, means for clamping together the sections, a die applied to theupper face of the base, and a spring-actuated ejector, having itsstationary part clamped between the base-sections.

10. Acard-cuttingattachmentforprintingpresses, comprising a sectionalbase, spacingblocks interposed between the base-sections and forming aslot therebe'tween,'a die span ning the slot in the base, some of theblocks being located below and inengag'ennent with the parts of the diethat span the slot, and a spring-actuated card-ejector having, astationary part clamped between the base-sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WINCHESTER FRANKLIN srnienn Witnesses: y

W. W. WILLIAMS, Jr., T. S MELTON.

